/*Bates Motel*/ is an American drama television series developed for
television by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin and Anthony Cipriano, produced by
Universal Television for A&E.^[1]

The series, being a "contemporary prequel"^[2]^[3] to the 1960 film
/Psycho/ (based on Robert Bloch's novel of the same name), depicts the life
of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in
Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town ("White Pine Bay,
Oregon," as opposed to the film's "Fairvale, California") and in a modern,
21st-century setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband,
when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and
Norman can start a new life.^[1]^[4]^[5]

The series was filmed in Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada and premiered
on March 18, 2013, at 10 pm ET/PT.^[6]^[7]^[8]A&E chose to skip a